Forum guidelines...
Posted: Fri Jul 17, 2009 9:03 pm
Please keep these guidelines in mind when posting (in addition to the regular forum rules):
Do not insult other members, their work, or call them names. 'Friendly' insults in the context of the game for challenges, battles, races, trade, etc are fine (and you should know the difference). But this forum is not a place to lash out grievances against someone else, belittle others, insult them, or call them names. This forum is not your own personal soapbox to post diatribes about unrelated topics or problems you have with someone else. This forum is about sci-fi gaming and other generally related topics, please keep it that way.
Please be aware that new players read this forum and just because you may have played the game for weeks or months and know it's secrets doesn't mean new players do. Many players enjoy the challenge of finding out the limits and end points to a game on their own and do not appreciate other players telling them all about it in the course of public discussions on a forum. So out of respect for other players, please do not post information about high end/secret locations, items, events, trade runs, or quest endings (good or bad). Please keep those discussions private and provide such information only when asked to. The occasional complaint of a spoiler reveal is no big deal (just be sure to mark such posts with * SPOILER * somewhere clearly above where the spoiler is posted), but when I start to get a rush of angry worded messages over multiple instances of people talking about latter stages of gameplay/locations, it does raise the need to share those concerns. So please don't spoil the game for others and don't turn away new players by posting information about the game that many of them want to discover on their own.
I am generally fairly light on enforcing forum rules, but if I receive more than a few complaints about someone's posts, that person may receive an involuntary forum vacation. Other moderators also have full authority to make decisions on rule enforcement and their decisions stand unless by mutual agreement, a decision is reversed after review.
Do not insult other members, their work, or call them names. 'Friendly' insults in the context of the game for challenges, battles, races, trade, etc are fine (and you should know the difference). But this forum is not a place to lash out grievances against someone else, belittle others, insult them, or call them names. This forum is not your own personal soapbox to post diatribes about unrelated topics or problems you have with someone else. This forum is about sci-fi gaming and other generally related topics, please keep it that way.
Please be aware that new players read this forum and just because you may have played the game for weeks or months and know it's secrets doesn't mean new players do. Many players enjoy the challenge of finding out the limits and end points to a game on their own and do not appreciate other players telling them all about it in the course of public discussions on a forum. So out of respect for other players, please do not post information about high end/secret locations, items, events, trade runs, or quest endings (good or bad). Please keep those discussions private and provide such information only when asked to. The occasional complaint of a spoiler reveal is no big deal (just be sure to mark such posts with * SPOILER * somewhere clearly above where the spoiler is posted), but when I start to get a rush of angry worded messages over multiple instances of people talking about latter stages of gameplay/locations, it does raise the need to share those concerns. So please don't spoil the game for others and don't turn away new players by posting information about the game that many of them want to discover on their own.
I am generally fairly light on enforcing forum rules, but if I receive more than a few complaints about someone's posts, that person may receive an involuntary forum vacation. Other moderators also have full authority to make decisions on rule enforcement and their decisions stand unless by mutual agreement, a decision is reversed after review.